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<< Our Photo Pages >> Fekjo Gravplass - Barrow Cemetery in Norway in Buskerud

Submitted by fornjotr on Tuesday, 14 April 2015  Page Views: 1539

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Fekjo Gravplass
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 21.19 km away from the location you searched for.

Fylke: Buskerud Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Geilo
Latitude: 60.526330N  Longitude: 8.159678E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Fekjo Gravplass
Fekjo Gravplass submitted by fornjotr : Burial Mound (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Buskerud

Burial Site from the Viking-age, around 900 AD. 10 of the 17(-20?) Burial Mounds were excavated in 1923. The finds indicate that both men and women were buried here. Today the burial site is part of the "Fekjo Kulturminnepark".
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Fekjo Gravplass
Fekjo Gravplass submitted by fornjotr : Burial Mound (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Fekjo Gravplass submitted by fornjotr : Info Panel at the Burial Site (Vote or comment on this photo)

Fekjo Gravplass
Fekjo Gravplass submitted by fornjotr (Vote or comment on this photo)

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